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Hi everyone! There are a couple of fanyu initiatives to celebrate Yuzu's 32nd birthday: #Happy32ndBirthdayYuzu Time to give love to the one and because of the one who brings so much happiness and inspiration. This is a summary of initiatives to celebrate Yuzu’s 32nd birthday. *These initiatives are not necessarily related to one another (i.e., they are organized by different people). This list aims to make it easier for fanyus to be in the loop. Planet Hanyu project Upload your message to this G-Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BoynS43ZXc8aQvar7tzZfKYV_lbg4k0b Messages can be handwritten, a photo you've taken, your own fan art, or simply text. Include your name/nickname & country. Deadline: Nov 29, at 11:59 PM Japan Time More info: https://x.com/theplanethanyu/status/2118488618990006440 Planet Hanyu will create beautiful collages and a digest video that will be uploaded on X throughout 12/07. Donation to Sendai Rainbow House This is a fan initiative to bring joy to children and families at Sendai Rainbow House on Yuzuru's birthday in his hometown. It's a center that supports children and families after a parent has died. It was established for children bereaved by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. It now also welcomes bereaved families affected by other causes. Throughout the years, many fanyus have donated to organizations that support those affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami during Yuzu’s birthday. However, some people have found it difficult to navigate pages in Japanese or make payments due to technical difficulties. A group of fans is gathering funds that will be donated to Sendai Rainbow House on 12/07.. Deadline: December 1, 2027 Donate on one of these platforms: Ko-fi (Paypal): https://ko-fi.com/sendairainbow Go Fund Me (Credit Cards, Google Pay): https://gofund.me/06f43f8f8 Note: Sendai Rainbow House is aware of this independent fan initiative. Video Message (Saga) For those attending REALIVE in Saga, join other fanyus to record a “Happy Birthday” message for Yuzu. We will have a special banner for the occasion! The video will be posted on Twitter 12/07. On November 28 & 29, we will gather in the same spot as Planet Hanyu’s Fanyu meet up. We will record the video 30 minutes before the Fanyu meet up (usually 2 hr before the doors open). Keep an eye on @theplanethanyu (Twitter) to calculate the time. Also check @Pep_On_ (Twitter) You can print your personal banner too and write “Happy Birthday Yuzu” in your own language. You can download the files HERE.

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In general, live streaming is announced 2 weeks before the premiere. The announcement of Live Viewing in cinema is usually announced before that. So we are still within the usual timeline. There are other services like Beyond Live that couls be used, it all depends on which one is Live Viewing Japan now as al alternative. As context: Live Viewing Japan is the one in charge of the live viewing in cinemas in Japan and overseas and the global live streaming. They offer sort of a "package" of services to the organizers of the event. So, let's hope we will get good news this coming week.

Hi! So far, all ICE STORIES have had overseas live streaming. We are also waiting for an announcement (fingers crossed) of REALIVE in Saga live stream. For reference, the overseas live streaming is usually announced 2 weeks before the premiere of the shows. The exception was REALIVE in Miyagi, they announced it along with the cinema Live Viewing, 3 weeks in advance. Follow the website and, if possible, the official social media channels (Insta and X @icestory_jp) to get the updates "fresh from the oven" 😆

Machine translation, inaccuracies exist Description Source: https://whitebox.icestory.jp/ English version (official) Machine translation of the official Japanese version A museum at the edge of the stars. Not for the chosen few, but for everyone. Here, your worth is not defined by power, status, or the outside world. Everyone can be seen, and everyone can leave something behind. Unravel your soul. Discover what lies within. And give it your own color. A museum before returning to the stars. A place that anyone can visit. Here, regardless of power, status, or the value assigned to us from the “outside,” everyone can be exhibited, and everyone can leave something behind. Unravel your own soul, discover what lies within yourself. And add your own unique colors. — From Hanyu Yuzuru's “WHITE BOX” Hanyu Yuzuru's message People dear to me, things I hold dear, the past, memories, recollections. What colours does the world you see have? What colour am I, as seen by all of you? Even when we look at the same scenery, I think what we feel and what remains in our memories are different. What we like, what we dislike, what we are good at, what we are not good at. We are all different. Each of us has things we have felt up until now, and things we hold dear. And precisely because these things are different, I think that we are able to have our hearts moved by something belonging to someone else, to find our hearts moved, and to encounter ways of feeling that we ourselves do not have. I wrote this story with the wish that everyone would cherish that “being all alone”—that sense of being different from everyone else, which everyone carries—and cherish the beautiful moments, the encounters, and the happiness that were able to overlap with one another precisely because we are all “being all alone” together. Together with the world we will create with the world's finest team, beginning with MIKIKO-sensei, I will wish, pray, and skate with my whole body and soul. — Hanyu Yuzuru MIKIKO's message The more a person comes to know the world, the freer can they become? Or is it that they come to know a place deep within themselves, a place that no one can touch? As I continue creating works together with Hanyu-kun, I find myself thinking about such things. While seeing various kinds of scenery and continuing to expand the possibilities of expression, I feel that, within him, there is a deep stillness that has remained unchanged. But now, rather than denying that stillness, in the way he accepts it as a part of himself and tries to become a source of strength for someone who, in the same way, carries feelings deep in their heart that cannot be put into words, I feel a maturity as a human being, and a new strength as an expressive artist. Loneliness can sometimes also become an entrance through which we connect with someone. And now, as we arrive at the fourth work, what surprises me most of all is that even the body that expresses such delicate and complex emotions continues to evolve beyond what I could have imagined. The deepening of the heart, and the evolution of the body. I think that precisely because these two overlap now, there are forms of expression that can be born. In this ICE STORY as well, while carefully gathering up, one by one, the memories and emotions dwelling in his body, and sensations that have not yet been given names, I would like us to create together a new scenery that only the Yuzuru Hanyu of now can depict. — MIKIKO

ICE STORY 4th "WHITE BOX" was announced on November 4th, 2026 Two stops have been announced: Yokohama Venue: Pia Arena Saturday, January 9, 2027 Doors open 15:30 Start 17:00 Monday, January 11, 2027 (Holiday) Doors open 14:30 Performance starts 16:00 Wednesday, January 13, 2027 Doors open 14:30 Start 16:00 Shizuoka Venue: Ecopa Arena Friday, February 5, 2027 Doors open 14:30 Start 16:00 Sunday, February 7, 2027 Doors open 14:30 Start 16 Official website: https://whitebox.icestory.jp/

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 64-75] Yuzuru Hanyu - REALIVE an ICE STORY projectSpoiler -Collapse to display content “Proof of the Evolution Shown by the Yuzuru Hanyu of Today, and the Door to What Comes Next” Text by Yumeko Yamamoto Spoiler -Collapse to display content “A Journey of Reincarnation: Learning the Colours of the World, Falling into Black, and Returning to White — Prequel: Before the WHITE” Fumofumo Column Spoiler -Collapse to display content

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 82-95] Yuzuru Hanyu × Yuzu: A Song Commemorating the Great East Japan Earthquake — "Ikue" (countless layers) Fifteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Yuzuru Hanyu, deeply moved by the song "Ikue"—commissioned by NHK from the duo Yuzu to commemorate the disaster—collaborated on the project by choreographing a performance to the track. Both Hanyu and Yuzu share the sentiments they poured into the creation of "Ikue." [P. 81-87] Interview Yuzuru Hanyu With a prayer for a brighter future Spoiler -Collapse to display content [P. 88-96] Interview Yuzu (ゆず) The beauty of the sound of skating on ice, which could be felt precisely because it was right before their eyes Spoilet -Collapse to display content Notes Collapse to display

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 76-81] Interview Marihiko Hara Meeting Hanyu-san became an inspiration for creating music Spoiler -Collapse to display content Notes Collapse to display content

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 104-111] HANEW EXPERIENCE “Turning Yuzuru Hanyu’s new challenge into an experience for everyone.” HANEW EXPERIENCE Produced by au au × Yuzuru Hanyu A new project bringing KDDI and Yuzuru Hanyu together: HANEW EXPERIENCE. We spoke with Shōmin Kōda of KDDI’s Media Strategy Department and Kanako Higashi of Dentsu’s 6th Business Produce Bureau about the thoughts behind this new challenge and the behind-the-scenes process of creating it. Spoiler -Collapse to display content An Interview with Costume Designer Toshihiko Sakurai The costumes for "HANEW EXPERIENCE" were created by Toshihiko Sakurai, who also designed the costumes for “Utai IV ~Reawakening~” and “Mass Destruction -Reload-”. We asked him about the creation process for these latest costumes. Spoiler -Collapse to display content

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 44-53] Exclusive Interview I want to keep pursuing the present state of things and continue gathering the elements that will allow me to evolve. Text by Yumeko Yamamoto Photos by Toru Yaguchi During the photo shoot, Yuzuru Hanyu was searching for four-leaf clovers and smiling as he said that being out in nature made him feel as though he was “photosynthesizing.” But by the time of the interview in mid-June, he had already begun working on ICE STORY 4th. We spoke with him about the whirlwind of days following his maintenance period, and about what lies ahead, as he looks toward the future. Spoiler -Collapse to display content NOTES [1] Tiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, called his famous series of mythological paintings poesie ("poetry in paint"), meaning that his brushwork aimed to produce the same emotional and sensory impact as written verse. More information. [2] 朗読 evokes the act of conveying words or a text through the voice, even though skating has no spoken words.

Machine translation from Japanese to English, inaccuracies exist [P. 43] In Search of an Unseen Clover: Yuzuru Hanyu Through the Viewfinder Spoiler -Collapse to display content

Figure Skating Life Extra "Yuzuru Hanyu PROFESSIONAL Season 4" (Fusosha Mook) Release: October 28, 2026 112 Pages More information on the different editions: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001784.000026633.html Printed and digital copies available on Amazon Japan: Regular Edition Amazon Special Edition How to create an Amazon Japan account to buy e-books and e-magazines: HERE CONTENT (In blue: translated sections, work in progress) Special Photo Shoot 1 – Yuzuru Hanyu Photos & Column by Toru Yaguchi In Search of an Unseen Clover: Yuzuru Hanyu Through the Viewfinder Exclusive Interview 44 – Continuing to Pursue the Present: Gathering the Elements for Further Evolution 54 – Yuzuru Hanyu "notte stellata 2026" Interview Expressing a Life Lived with Strength, While Embracing Every Scar Report Moving Forward, One Step at a Time, While Carrying the Memories of the Disaster 64 – Yuzuru Hanyu "An Ice Story Project: REALIVE" Report Evidence of Yuzuru Hanyu’s Current Evolution and a Gateway to What Lies Ahead Fumo-Fumo Column A Journey of "Reincarnation": Discovering the Colors of the World, Descending into Black, and Returning to White — "prequel: Before the WHITE" Interview 76 – Marihiko Hara: How Meeting Yuzuru Hanyu Inspired My Music Special 82 – Yuzuru Hanyu × Yuzu: A Song Commemorating the Disaster — "Ikue" (Layers) Interview 83 – Yuzuru Hanyu: With a Prayer for a Brighter Future 88 – Yuzu: The Beauty of the Sound of Blades on Ice—Experienced Only by Being Right There Exhibition 96 – Couture on Ice Report & Interview: Satomi Ito Feature 104 – au Yuzuru Hanyu "HANEW EXPERIENCE”

What do you mean by 'ban'? There are CMs that are specific to a region. That's common in Japan. It's not a ban.

Talking about REALIVE Saga and in preparation for whenever ICE STORY 4th is "this winter", I am sharing a link with info on how to create a TV Asahi account and apply for tickets. I have been updating this to match the current lottery procedures: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vSqnhzQZHsgjVRESUAnmjUS-_o3XRbHdk6oA1yHn56fiyaS6WqJzIYNQFqsAuvXWO23GwfQpH3rBkyo/pub?pli=1